Bizarrely, a good friend is in a chat with all the Jacksonville, and some of the Florida, beat reporters and insiders - so I've ended up getting the odd tidbit here and there. It's apparently a truth universally acknowledged that Flores is a very difficult man to work with, and he never really had the full backing of his players or staff, so letting him go is convenient at this point despite his record.
I'm not a racial politics obsessive but a black man being fired for being 'difficult' doesn't sit very well.
there was an article on TheRinger.com which was saying he didnt have a good relationship with the players and he has gone through 4 OC's and 2 DC's in four years as hard to work with. 2 of the OC only had 1 year experience before joining him as he had difficulty recruiting experienced coaches to work with him
Threw Tua under the bus on multiple occasions as well
Looking forward to what should be a cracking Super Wildcard Weekend. I'll be surprised if the Eagles are good enough to beat Brady and the Bucs, and even more surprised if Big Ben can lead the Steelers to a win against the Chiefs, but the other 4 games look much tougher to call. I'll take 3 of the 4 home teams to progress but i fancy the 49'ers to go to Dallas and beat the Cowboys. Whatever happens it should be a lot of fun.
Very excited for this weekend's games. Back to back to back high drama affairs all around, please.
Mike Tirico & Drew Brees on commentary for Raiders @ Bengals. Ian Eagle & Charles Davis tonight for Patriots @ Bills.
Tomorrow each broadcast network is rolling out their big guns: Eagles @ Bucs is Buck & Aikman 49ers @ Cowboys is Nantz & Romo Steelers @ Chiefs is Michaels & Collinsworth
And finally Cardinals @ Rams will be the usual monday night crew from ESPN of Levy, Griese & Riddick.
Raiders have to come away with points before half time. Can't come out second half with that big deficit.
It's only 2 scores though, a quick TD and a stop by the D early in the second half would be just as powerful
Don't the Bengals get the ball second half? Raiders would've had to stop them, score a TD, stop them again and score another TD. They haven't stopped the Bengals once in the first half so seemed a mountain...
Raiders have to come away with points before half time. Can't come out second half with that big deficit.
It's only 2 scores though, a quick TD and a stop by the D early in the second half would be just as powerful
Don't the Bengals get the ball second half? Raiders would've had to stop them, score a TD, stop them again and score another TD. They haven't stopped the Bengals once in the first half so seemed a mountain...
Pretty irrelevant now anyway, but momentum in football is a huge thing, and we've seen countless times that halftime comes at a terrible time for teams seemingly in control.
Will be interesting to see how Bengals approach the second half, if they are nip and tuck down the stretch, with that playoff record hanging over them, do they do balls to the wall and try to take undue risks?
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2 of the OC only had 1 year experience before joining him as he had difficulty recruiting experienced coaches to work with him
Threw Tua under the bus on multiple occasions as well
Mike Tirico & Drew Brees on commentary for Raiders @ Bengals. Ian Eagle & Charles Davis tonight for Patriots @ Bills.
Tomorrow each broadcast network is rolling out their big guns:
Eagles @ Bucs is Buck & Aikman
49ers @ Cowboys is Nantz & Romo
Steelers @ Chiefs is Michaels & Collinsworth
And finally Cardinals @ Rams will be the usual monday night crew from ESPN of Levy, Griese & Riddick.
I'm a neutral for tonight's games.
Bengals should be comfortable winners but you never know. It's a miracle the raiders are in the playoffs with all the off field issues.
I'm going for the Patriots to take out the Bills due to the Belichick effect.
Don't the Bengals get the ball second half? Raiders would've had to stop them, score a TD, stop them again and score another TD. They haven't stopped the Bengals once in the first half so seemed a mountain...
Will be interesting to see how Bengals approach the second half, if they are nip and tuck down the stretch, with that playoff record hanging over them, do they do balls to the wall and try to take undue risks?